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Relax in this wonderful cozy cottage in a setting among the trees and a great swimming lake (the water warms up first here) on Little Traverse Lake. An easy trip to Lake Michigan too! 3 bedroom and 2 bathroom one-level ranch. On a quiet side street, facing south. Sleeps 9.

Enjoy the great outdoors on the large deck or by the lakeside firepit. Short path down to the lake that's great for swimming or take the provided row boat for a spin. Charcoal grill, boat mooring and dock (dock removed as of 10/1/2013 for the winter). Located on a peaceful, tree-lined street that's great for evening strolls.

A great Leelanau County location in the middle of everything! 15 minutes to Glen Arbor and the Sleeping Bear Dunes or Leland. Just west of the home is beautiful Pyramid Point if you want to take a great hike. Good Harbor Beach on Lake Michigan is less than 5 miles away. About 30 minutes to Traverse City.

No smoking. No air conditioning. No pets. Linens are provided. SUNDAY-SUNDAY in the prime summer months.

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We had a great week up north, we love the Leelanau Penninsula. The house was roomy enough for 8 people-good size living, dining, screened in porch areas. Lake was beautiful!We went into Glen Arbor almost every day [15 minute drive] for tennis,kayaking,restaurants,etc.Good Harbor Beach on Lk Mich was a treat!

However..there were a few surprises. The dishwasher was portable and had to be hooked up to kitchen sink, which made kitchen virtually unusable while it was running. The front and back 'yards' were uncleared and without grass.There really was no place for our toddler to be outside, except for deck or dock. The dock was the ONLY place with sun. I didn't think the lack of washer/dryer would bother us, but after a rainy cool week -I be inclined to say it was a negative.

Renter Beware

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Buyer beware. We are experienced renters that rent a different VRBO every summer. We have never previously given a negative review. First night refrigerator didn’t work. We used ice packs to keep our food cold. They sent someone out who said it was fine; however, the door seal had trouble staying closed on this very old refrigerator so we had to repeatedly close the door multiple times to keep the food cold.

Secondly, the toilet in one of the bathrooms leaked. We reported it and didn’t require it to be fixed because we so wanted the driveway fixed. One of our guests car’s got stuck in one of the three sink holes which were never fixed while we were there nor were they fixed the next week. It took over an hour to first dig to a point where we could get a hook on the frame of the car and pull the car out with another vehicle. Every renter should be warned!

After leaving, I had to call at least four times and e-mailed them once because no one was responding to my calls regarding the $50 we were promised that we eventually received after much hassle.

I’d recommend checking the BBB complaints against this company. I would never rent from this company again. They were very friendly on the phone but didn’t follow through with their promise to fix the driveway which would have been an easy fix. Just dump a pick up truck of gravel in the sink holes.

Basically, they are friendly but unreliable.

Submitted: Aug 7, 2014

Stayed: Jun 2014

Source: VRBO, from HomeAway

Owner's Response: We absolutely never want a guest to have a bad experience with us and always do our best to fix problems that occur at rentals in a very timely manner.
Unfortunately, to fix the driveway, it is more complex than simply dumping gravel in the ruts and we spent significant time calling every excavating company in our area and no one was available to take care of the job on short notice. We did inspect the toilet after the guest checked out and the "leaking," was just condensation (a common issue in our area during the summer).
We did process the $50 refund we discussed and also an additional refund is being processed. We hope that they will give us a chance to make things right, as we stand by our service and properties and want everyone to have a pleasant vacation.

Paradise

I was somewhat dissatisfied with the condition of the vacation rental.

I was very happy with the location.

The vacation rental was somewhat dirty.

The property manager was more than helpful.

Overall, I do not recommend this vacation rental.

Reviewer Comments:

The location was perfect. The cabin needed some attention. The toilet in the master bedroom did not flush(had to manually flush it) The pots and pans were not in very good shape, we were kind of reluctant to use them. Just felt the cabin could have used some spring cleaning(cob webs everywhere) We felt we paid top dollar (don't understand the $35.00 non-refundable damage fee (did'nt do any damage) or the $157.00 booking fee)Will visit again but will do more research on accomadations

First, the not so great. One of the sliders on the south side of the house did not lock. There was a sign indicating this when we arrived. We called the management company (on Sunday) and they said that they would let the maintenance people know about it on Monday. As of the following Sunday (our departure date) the lock had not been fixed. Also, the master bath toilet did not flush without some "coaxing". Now for the GREAT! Other than those minor issues we had a great time. It has a wonderful location (actually "perfect" is a better term); close to everything we wanted but on a quiet and lightly traveled road...a 25 minuted walk to Lake Michigan and Good Harbor Bay. It has enough space for several people to spread out and have their own space and enough dishes to feed a small army. Little Traverse Lake offers a nice, all sports feel without the hint of being busy, even on the weekends. The dock and swimming area was great for chillin' and playing in the water (not a weed in sight). The row boat (we should have brought a trolling motor) was good enough for the amount of fishing that we did. I would be surprised if we did not come back to Woe Be Gone in the future. I wonder if it's for sale...yes, we liked it that much.